Printing device.



J. S. DUNCAN.

PRINTING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE14,1909.

Patented May 14, 1912.

JONATHAN DOE CO,

CP l @A GO vsupi-ort the, printing plate and the -type `and other large concerns who seudoiitnia -arranged in drawers iirawordanee with a JOSEPH S. DUNCAN, 0F CHICAGO, IILLINOIIS,

YAssmfmm 4uro ADDRESSGRAPH COMPANY,

0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A `CORPO RA'llION 0E ILLINOS.

PRINTING .DEVICE Appiicationaieti :une 14, 190s. saisine-501,993

' speeifiction of Letters Patent Patented ltfay 14,

Be itl known that I, .i'osnrir Si DUXCAN, a citizen of the United States. residing-at Chicago, in the county ettIool; and'Stateof Illinois, have invented new and iisefiil Improvements in Iiintin Devices, of which the ,following isa specification.

This' invention relates tu imp 'ev'.ements in printing device# which are largely used by public and private corporations, publishers bills, letters or circularsregularly to the stime customers, for printing the addresses on envelops and sometimes on the 'contents thereof also. f j

The address has been stamped in relief on a plate and the` latter has been removably mountedin a suitable trame whit-li has also. been provided with a eziiil hearing ,an iiiipression Iot the address Aand any other useful information; The frames are `giaierally.

regular card index system and they are rnnl through addi-sang inavhiaes for printing and retiirii--il ti ifk dia* rs in accordant@ lwith their original aria-,agement therein.

The plates and .':rrds inne been held in plaee "tion.` strut-l: iip or otherwise prox-idol on tue {zaini-s. E amples ofthese platt-sv and iiaui;-. are found 11e, 1902,Q No. 853.538 dated May. 14. ltit'i' and No. 856.452 dated Jane ll. 1907. 'llie plate engaging projections tra' holding the plate on the frame are nearly." or quite. as high as the face of the type :ind-sometimes they are engaged b v the initing dern-e and beeonic inked and snnidfrr or marit the envelop or letter diii'iiig the printing 'iperai frame which, .in theform s tion. This spoils: the appearance, .if tbc work and particularly when aiiuiiiiitaiin ei' A typewritten work is sought to be produced, To avoid .this iiilv present invention provides means if simple eliarfieier for ele\`at ing the fam-of the type .sutiiriently above the projections. .on the. franiito prevent said projections from eiigagii'ig the drk and also to prevent these proies-tions troni being engaged by the inhing deviee.

My invention also has for its object to thereon during the printingr operation to keep the face ot' the type iii proper position to produce a` lear and vdistinct impression.

iid a fiirther'iobjeet of the inventiii ti ewthetieif. bodiment o e invention" of Fig. 7. Referring to the drawings,

at its side'elgesrvith vspacing.'.flanges 9. and at itsl top .and bottom A card 12 is`rem'ova 8 designates i owmjs' provided yithf beads-10.and`,1"1l. .neath the bead 10 and the lip's Brand Jitfiis v 'Fig 2 `is a back view prevented from moving endw'iseio'th right.

by a stop 14. -An address printing latel .is removably held 'in place below ecard and beneath'the bead '11 "'andythe lips'. 16.-.

he printing plate is se'urely heldin place' on the frauieI against a stop 17 by a sprinv leaking device Y18 of suitable character. f .K supplemental printing plate-19 is arranged on the frame beneath lips 20fand between the e'ard 12 and the address printing plate 15. and it is held in place thereonbetween the stop 21 and the spring locking device 22.

'lhe printing plate 1.5. may bear anynumber of lines of type for an address or for any other subject matter'and the -plate 20 may bear type for printing the date of expiration of a subscriptii'm to a. magazineor newspaper, or any other subject matter..

The address printing. plate is vprovided with an elevated panel 23 forone or more lines of type. The edge flanges 24 of the plate which engage thevbead 1T aii'dhlips 16 of the frame may be broken asshown in Fig.. 3 or they may. lie-continuous. The type characters on the plate 1.9 arealso' locatedon an elevated panel 25. By thus arranging*- the type characters on' elevated panels, the

A type 1.0 :whether cnvelops,

"55 applied other rejections on the frame to enable the type c aracters to be properly inked-with-l the inking device engaging said projees mit tions and so thet .the impression may vbe the' work. This enbility of the work,

@engin y avoids. the

'being `sin'iudgied or blurred lby contact thereivi of any parte of theframe `whether they lor not, foi-,the printing faces-of lthe .rv me characters are in a plane entirely ahoy@ roeetions on the frame.

T e impression is taken from the pe bv lressure applied preferably through um ofap of other form may b e employedfor this pur# 2o pose. In nnyevenh buparticularly when a roller platen employ rovide for .sustainin the t Ywith Ytheir aces in the plane of t c .vprin'tlng operation,

' that `is to say, in printing position, during the impressimgperation, otherwise the pressureemployed ty be suicientg-insoine nstanc at leastltlh'beudor otherwise distort the plate-sufficiently to disturb tlieuniformity' of position of'the printing -faces of the 1 so type characters yin a single'plane. For this reason I-.provide the'rame with'an elevated bed to form a supglortA for and sustain the f elevated anel of e printing plate. This elevatedf maybe made in various forms :isY but I prefer 'to make it in sectional foiTn as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 in which the' bedk eonsistsof a plurality of raised rectangular sections 2'6 formed by cnttin'the frame on .two sidesf each section and-t en pressing or 4o stamping the section up on the front of the frame until the to s of all the sections lic in the same plane.. T esesections ercpreferably spaced a art at regular intervals and I prefer to .provi ea row ofsections beneath each line 46 0f typeyas shown. I may cutthe frame at the sides of the s eetoi'isbut I prefer to cut the frame at the tog and bottom of the sce- 'tions (at 27, Fig. and lcavolthe section connectedat its side edges' 28 (Fig. 4) with the frame, the metal at the side edges lieing drawn out in the pressing vor stamping operation. lf a roller platen is empio ed .the

pressure exerted thereby will trave trans versely tothe elevated bed of the frame beneath the elevated panel of the plate. If the sections were notsustained at their side ed they inigiit, under soinc conditions, yie dV under the '.piesilre of the p latcn and eo anytime give way sullieiently to disturb the level of lluhed whiclkiuivht result iii producing an im ci'feet iinpregqion. But iis the pi'sui'c of tie plziteii travels transversely.

aci-oss the lied the .sci-.tions will be sustained e5 'if the inetaliis cut at the top and bottom of characters without the .e

letters or other inateriai;Y

aten roller, but s; mo'vable' platen it deseable-tol 4it is more subst-anti 'the sipplemental prntin plate A 19 :rial rib 3 the plate and a so sustain the type panel 32 of the plate and be eorrespomlingly` x rezepte tions remainintegral with lftlier of the frameand the face or top of. the ed will constantly be maintained uniformly throughout-n the same plane.'

'While the-sectionspf the bed are prefer each section and the side edges ileghe se@ bl and-,described they' may be made in other. forms anddierently -arran and spaced ,apart so long as the bed e ects the rults herein set forth.' ForV some purposes I may makethe bed in the -foi'm of a continuous elevated bed- 29 as shown in Fig. 7. This vpanel may bestemped or Apressed up from *the frame without cutting the frame at the ledges of the panel 'or the frame may be eut t the short or en edges of lthe panel if dest. and 2 is preferred 'to theI form illustrated. in 'I for the `-reason that l andl permanent and' does not weaken the frame,4 whereas* the ele- ,vated' be'd 29 of Fig. 7 by reason of its size may yield more or less under the pressure of lthe platen and may also. weaken lthe frame.

The frame is also provided with n n elevated bed 30 (Eig. 7) to sustain the type Fig. 2)

panel o :uidisgbedma be o sectionalA orm as heretofore descri p, or it may be in the form of a. continuous panel, as shown. With bed shown in Fi l and 2 I- a` late provided wit a longitudi- 1 `lFi 6) which serves to s tiien the form of may use during the printing operation,

.-'lt will .benoted that the opposite lips 20 constitute a `guideiviryffor the slidable attacliinentan detachment of the printing plate 30, while the `lips 1G :indl 11 constitute a similar guideway for the printingplate 15.

What l elaim and desire to ecein'e by I Jetters Patent is; Y

L A printing device comprising :i frame plate having nii'eleviited lli-l stumped up therefrom, mid'also provided with printing plato retaining means struck, up from 'the frame plate ut opposite sides of the bed, and n detaeliiible printing phite having an elovirtud panel stamped 11p therefrom and provided with printingIr characters on the panel,

said panel embracing and eiigngiiigthe elevoted bed and supported thereby, and the edges of the printing plate-engaging the printing plate retaining means, the plane of the printing characters heilig above the pinne of the printiiigplate retaining means, substantially as described.

2. A.. printing device comprisin u. frame plate having nii elevated lied ma e up of a pluralitymf sections stamped up from the plaie' with their outer faces lying in one and the same plane, the frame plate also having printing plate retaining means struck made in rectangular form as shown sii-ed to facilitate the stamping or pressing operation. rBhe sectional formof bed-illus. trated in Fig leo ap from the frame plate at opposite sides otl the bed, and a detachable printing plate having an elevated panel stamped therein `and provided with printing characters on the panel, said panel embracing and engaging the elevated b'ed and supported thereby, opposite edges of the printing plate engaging the printing plate retaining means, the plane of the printing characters being above the plane of the printing plate retaining means, substantially as described.

3. A printing device comprising a frame plate having a bed stamped up therefrom and provided with printing plate retaining means stamped up from the frame plate at opposite sides ot' the bed, and a printing plate having an elevated panel stamped therein with edge flanges at opposite sides of the printing plate below the elevated face of the panel, said elevated face of the panel having printing characters thereon, the panel embracing and engaging the elevated bed and supported thereby, and the flanges engaging the printing plate retaining means, the plane of the printing characters being above the plane of the printing plate retaining means, Asubstantially as described.

4. A frame adapted to receive a printing plate and provided with a sectional elevated bed therefor, each section of the bed being stamped up from the fraine'and ent at opposite edges to separate it at said edges from the rest ot' the frame. l 5. A trame adapted to receive a printing plate and provided with a sectional elevated bed therefor, each section of the bed being stamped up from the `t'ranie and cut at its top and bottoni edges to separate it at said edges from the rest, of the trame.

t3. The combination with a printing plate having an elevated panel and type characters on said panel, ot' a frame adapted to receive said plate and having a sectional elevated bed to sustain said panel, the sections of the bed being arranged in rows and with a row beneath each line of type on the plate.

7. A printing device comprising a frame having an elevated bed and a slideway parallel with the bed, and a detachable printing plate having an elevated panel stamped therein and provided with printing characters on the panel, said panel embracing and engaging the elevated bed and supported thereby, and said detachable printing plate having means engaging the slideway of the frame to permit slidable attachment and detachment of the detachable printing plate, substantially as described.

8. A printing device comprising a fratrie having an elevated bed and a .slideway parallel with the bed and made up of lips carried by and overhanging the, frame'at opposite sides of the bed, and a detachable printing plate having an elevated panel stamped therein and provided with printing characters on the panel, said panel embracing and engaging the elevated bed and supported thereby, and said detachable. printing plate having edge flanges slidably engaging the lips ot' the guideway, substantially as described.

9. The combination with a printing plate having edge flanges and an elevated panel with type characters thereon, of a frame adaptedro receive said plate and provided with means to engage said flanges and with an elevated panel consisting ot` a plurality of sections integral with the frame and spaced apart, said sections being struck up from the frame with their outer faces lying in one plane to'sustain the panel.

JOSEPH S. DUNCAN.

Witnesses.

WVM. O.' BELT, M. A. KIDDIE. 

